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Prominent youth activist detained in Egypt

CAIRO – Egypt’s prosecutor general on Friday ordered a prominent youth leader detained for four days pending an investigation into accusations he incited anti-government violence, a security...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Control towers at 149 small airports to stay open

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of governmentwide automatic spending ...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Search ends for 2 Australians lost off cruise ship

SYDNEY – Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said Friday as authorities called off ...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus in France

PARIS – French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had close contact in the hospital wi...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israeli police guard women praying at Jewish site

JERUSALEM – Forming human chains and using metal barriers, Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesters who tried to prevent a liberal Jewish women’s group from praying at...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man damages 4 Washington homes with bulldozer

SEATTLE – A man angry at his neighbors went on a rampage in a bulldozer Friday on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation and cutting power to th...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rios Montt: From army to dictatorship to genocide conviction

GUATEMALA CITY – Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala’s dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American stron...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Relatives say Cleveland suspect had violent streak

CLEVELAND – The mannequin was life-sized, with a mop-like wig and creepy, slanted eyes. Ariel Castro kept it propped against a wall of his house and liked to use it to scare people. Sometime...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

DNA shows Ohio kidnapping suspect fathered girlA

CLEVELAND – A DNA test confirmed another dark twist in the story of three women imprisoned in a house for about a decade: Kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-o...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama declared health-care law ‘is here to stay’

WASHINGTON – Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

O.J. to get Vegas court hearing on bid for new trial

LAS VEGAS – O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds t...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Seeking re-election, Imelda extends Marcos dynasty

MARCOS, Philippines – Twenty-seven years after a public revolt ousted her dictator husband, Imelda Marcos is the Philippines’ ultimate political survivor: She dazzled voters with her bouffan...

DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World